Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1887-10-16
MUSIC HATH CHARMS
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tots polite
First. t1su. 4seasz a1d vice ara closer ~
lals4 t'iaa poverty aDe 7ics. Ger. a. Emerson
safss a ma1s as..f Lax . s-s saigal.on,
as.a . stsy po..r aaa - les iia1is 10 tempsa-
toa thsn aTfh d.ef 81 Is - ocsapY rs
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canslancss o. e8oses iais that fhs govern
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Fseosnizss ms prime . ana al s60riai con
fssls great shaM "A ign,s aaa festssals see
Arranged - aasl4ss tho psoDl-. EaroD<aa -
ssstias carr out ne are plaa n slllfefsns
forgs bands - music pzFasis regularly AMI
pay > TIE ooen .l.ases n al Ehe aFzs All
a.anY small sitles 81 ne coBtl1ent for the
sstGts m0narsns w-li krow taat TIA people
foTgst tasis. "a saFY 4n.i poverty IN the ~ loy-
niens ~ tao mfis.e and at ths s4nie rlus
patriotic feeling - Awakened 81 military
pomp ant national 6vHins Is aay oe TO
Hilca 20 "a tast Germany conquered E4nes
With -9is ~ ssat an ele.n but a. o1s can
- Nhas nighE have occurred it me Freul a
sold isrs cou.t have had uess vigorous uati
eiio s1ng - haze plafeasd % aatlls wife a.
al The Cisrmaas As surely - tas patriotic
sentlaels saoc.t 20 cultivated. 50 sure Is e
saas alslsic snouLd he ~neoarag>d. Bat ls - q
hIlslc IN the anne, &C the lif-s.de. that one
ssould chiefly spssk. for ths hsaFths1ons Is
the n4rs-rv - ths na sion. tie craiie u honor
81 vie Here - q family whose parents ID
nof sing o. pay anF instrument. taeir chl.-
aren sros lp. ard fss ordinary zanss are
snon worn ,4r a neishDoring saloon has
fas barrel ofxsn, here they congregats as
oftsn a. -xpedlsat o. sonss ue.xh5or's BOY
has mouth o gan, thev NIl crowd around
hin. foss- hilo. and. charsaed out Of mia
caief. oil pass ananv az innocent hour Ia ~
pure teExbt a peat ever dreamed u. But
taeY asvs no music at hosne.r sad wheu tney
cant pick % some fss itinersat strains
they roam ahog-. sooa Jerome petty thieves.
ant Ia TINS ars mustered la e. Ghe Bridsveil
and join rhs army az rhe penitent.lry. An
ether family pieture la ths .ame strata o.
he. The father plays the -fd4ie.r the mother
bafuesi % nag little. and though tie voice
never Knew me meaning Of thas mysterious
phrase. ~v3.cs building yss shs could sing
sunday scaooi tunes, few comic songs. per
haps, and Ballad or ,so hks Nay Down
rpon ths SuwaDee River After supper ard
on Sundays the children, and now and then
neakh5ofs enilarsa gather around and are
led through tue riazsS OF Virginia R@sl-
-fshsrs' Hernpipe.' OF soma Carnival Of
N@uice' With variations, while the mothers
voice sounds sweetsr 20 the little ones than
PATHS a. sAs sinss per favoriEs song OF leads
Ia some aynln, ike Rock q Ages Cleft for
Ne, IN which al can Jon. Thsss children
spend their evenings mo.tiy at home. soon
the oldest learns % plav hute. and BY great
economy a cabinet org,n - provided for the
sister. 80 that family orchestra is finally e.
tabllshed. ansl the wears roll sroand while
these hcsrts expand In harmony ard tie
waves 81 temptations la n vain against
tbs fortress o. music.
These are pictures among the poor. Among
TIE rich &c Is worse. became the Ire IS mors
complex. TAKE the career 0f two young
men sent % college a. the same sgs. One
had parents who sang IA church. bad their
children sing a. home and even had them in
sfructsd IA piano playing TO - sure, the
>acher vas poor xirl. whom they pa
troni1sd from feeling 81 charity. and her
instruction Was verv miti. TIE other didn't
ike music. endured l. only a. church as =
necessary evil. laughs his boy that al mus
clans ~ers fOols or vorSe. etc. The first one
vhiied away nis spare aours ~ college with
piano playing, joined the gie- club and took
= pride IN his music ,s AZ accomplishment
He corneS houe. a-d the hrst thing after SCI
ting down As mother 3nds him at tas piano
singing .oae coilegs songs tie goes -
church a. much for he unusic as the ssr-
mon. sol joins IA 10 hymns is on good
terms win ths organ'ss. cultivates the A.
quaiulsncs o. frofcssor Blank. rns pianist,
aad finally JOINS an amateur musical club,
whore he seeds ons rigst sarh week regu-
hriy.
Tho other boy Is = good sportsnisn. with a
liberal band IN gambling lis muscle "a the
Isrvess IN bis class. Hs knows al ths best
csrsmen. aest prizs fighters and fastest horses
In The country pon his arrival az home the
club house or ne pool room IS bis arss care.
ard then thc rsces snd - cofnpanionship =
fsst men. r. Is tst one st-p more o. the cou-
partnership - cuesticnasls characters. snd Il
tbss vouag msn does 40. turn up Ia ths po-
lice court scr-e. nscrnins under an assnmesl
nams ,s wiu ~ strauT- or owing % sting
ness or a spectral providence
There srs aandr-.ls and thousands Of lille
men ia a eitr ike Chicr<o Is it net better
- occupy ta-ir Thoughts With music tAsn 20
l-are them o. brood over fheir misf1rtunes
ard nab ma itch e their ooCr opinions until
they Become srshs on tls BODY poltiss A
CITY haud % nasic performing each dag IN a
pahiic place would draw % Be- many Who
would cfhersvise b. ia mischief I'D It would
pay 20 snr,<e th.rfv or forty men by ths
year e. play regularly sysrY daT.
ehIr- . sr-ai srur ~ men - keep 9TH
SD gsrtscs frra accumulation in cur
strrels fs nee re accumulation 20 mental
sni morsi ger,s-s iost s. dsngergusl Tie
purs ard inspiring sfssrt q = gocl band q
rausic vi set d.sinfectant. Purifying
the condificn ~ lnenlsi ispravity A. 10 ether
medium can A<sin. seores - men are en-
ezxed in beaafiiyin< eur PARIS and drives,
which ire r-cr cRrn7e ssioy hs-aase they
are - fsr away. Y 80 money - ne tax
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aelirAt - ssi,ss ~ ught ~ rica people. VII
ewn Carriages. On it rot - justly sppro
rr,stei TO huv music fer tae pcori T. Is tins
cur people hexan 90 think ~ these things
srd consider if e IS net as w. - su1use ~
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